PA President meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Ramallah
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, visiting Ramallah for talks, that obstacles to US-Palestinian rapprochement “must be removed,” according to a statement from Abbas’ office .
The Palestinian Authority recently re-established formal ties with the United States after a four-year boycott that followed former President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocate the American embassy there. .
However, these relations were marred by difficulties: Ramallah asked the Biden administration for permission to reopen a mission in Washington and the United States to reopen the consulate in Jerusalem. Neither has happened yet.
Abbas also told Sullivan that Israel must stop expanding these settlements, end deportations of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, respect the status quo on the Mosque Plaza and stop deducting funds from revenue. tax that it transfers to Ramallah.
“The president stressed the need to put an end to these unilateral Israeli practices which undermine the two-state solution,” the statement said.
For his part, Sullivan reiterated America’s stated commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the statement said.
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